‘Doomsday plane’ refuels above Washington County

Smartphone app allows tracking of air traffic

  • An E-4B Nightwatch was observed refueling over Washington County last week. This “Doomsday plane” can be used as an aerial command center in case of extreme disaster. Photo is from Wikipedia.
    An E-4B Nightwatch was observed refueling over Washington County last week. This “Doomsday plane” can be used as an aerial command center in case of extreme disaster. Photo is from Wikipedia.
  • ‘Doomsday plane’ refuels
    ‘Doomsday plane’ refuels
  • The Flightradar24 app showed the path of the E-4B, left, doing a couple loops that extended west to the western Washington County line and east to Tuttle Creek Reservoir. The path of the KC-135R Stratotanker, right, that refueled the E-4B came north from its Air Force base near Oklahoma City and then went northeast after completing the refueling.
    The Flightradar24 app showed the path of the E-4B, left, doing a couple loops that extended west to the western Washington County line and east to Tuttle Creek Reservoir. The path of the KC-135R Stratotanker, right, that refueled the E-4B came north from its Air Force base near Oklahoma City and then went northeast after completing the refueling.
An unusual formation and a handy smartphone app showed a “Doomsday plane” spent some time refueling over Washington County last week. On May 8, a couple jets were spotted high above Palmer, flying one in front of the other, and using the Flightradar24 app, it was discovered that a E-4B Nighwatch was being refueled by a KC-135R Stratotanker. The E-4B is a specially modified Boeing 747 that…

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